Strategic Culture, Securitisation and the Use of Force: Post-9/11 Security Practices of Liberal Democracies

ISBN-13: 9780367596828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 250 str.

Wilhelm Mirow

Opis

This book proposes a new theoretical framework which combines the concept of strategic culture with the concept of securitisation, to show how this interaction impacts on democratic nations' decisions to use force.

Spis treści

Introduction  PART I: A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF THE USE OF FORCE BY THE STATE 1. Ontology and causation in International Relations 2. The theoretical model incorporating strategic culture and securitisation 3. Operationalising the Theoretical Model  PART II: COMPARING STRATEGIC CULTURES 4. Formative Moments, Founding Narratives and Identity Conceptions 5. Comparative Cross-country Analysis  PART III: COMPARING DECISION PROCESSES ON THE USE OF FORCE 6. Analysing British Decision Processes on the Use of Force 7. Analysing German Decision processes on the Use of Force 8. Analysing French Decisions on the Use of Force 9. Analysing Australian Decisions on the Use of Force 10. Analysing Canadian Decisions on the Use of Force Conclusion

O autorze

Wilhlem Mirow has a PhD in International Relations, Center for Security Studies (CSS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.